A Touch of Red





A Touch of Red


This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
It was created in Paint Shop Pro V8.
Copyright © 2010 - Yvonne - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved.
~ Revised May 2012 ~

You will need the following to complete this tutorial:

Tubes
anna.br_en_rouge_09_04_10.psp
SS_60.psp
Calguisflower619.pspimage
Pattern
D_gold fold.jpg
Font
C_BOX_D.TTF
(Chocolate Box Decorative)

The above can be downloaded in a rar file here
rar file
Right click on the icon and save to your computer
Download and extract to a file on your computer then
open in your PSP work space and minimise


Plugins
Texturizer
Available here
PSP Designer Studio

Download and extract to your Plugins folder

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Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial



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STEP 1

Open a new canvas 800 x 600 transparent

In the Materials Palette
load Foreground with Black #000000 and Background with Red #C11D14
Flood fill canvas with Foreground colour

STEP 2

Maximise tube SS60.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Pase as New Layer
Image >> Resize 85%
Resize all layers unchecked

With the Move Tool position so that the top right-hand edge
of the tube is at 100, 400

tube placement

Layers >> Duplicate
Image >> Mirror

This is what you should have now

progress shot

STEP 3

In the Layer Palette close Raster 1
Layers >> Merge >> Merge visible
Open Raster 1

STEP 4

In the Layer Palette highlight the Merged Layer
Effects >> Plugins >> Texture >> Texturizer

Texturizer settings

STEP 5

Layers >> New Raster Layer
With the Selection Tool >> Custom Selection

custom selection

STEP 6

In the Materials Palette change the Foreground Style to Pattern
Load D_gold fold.jpg

Pattern settings

Flood fill selection with the gold pattern
Selections >> Select None
Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible
Image >> Resize 85%
Resize all layers unchecked
Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow

Drop Shadow settings

Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical Offsets to minus 2 (-2)

STEP 7

Layers >> New Raster Layer
Flood fill layer with Background colour Red #C11D14
Effects >> Texturiser
Same settings as in STEP 4
Layers >> Arrange >> Send to Bottom

STEP 8

In the Layer Palette highlight the Merged Layer
Maximise tube anna.br_en_rouge_09_04_10.psp
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Resize 85%
Resize all layers unchecked
Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen

With the Move Tool move tube down and to the right
See finished image for placement
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Same settings as in STEP 6
Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical Offsets to minus 2 (-2)

STEP 9

Maximise tube Calguisflower619.pspimage
Edit >> Copy
Minimise tube
Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer
Image >> Resize 60%
Resize all layers unchecked
With the Move Tool move tube down to the edge of the image
See finished image for placement

Adjust >> Hue and Saturation >> Colorize

colorize settings

STEP 10

Effects >> Plugins >> Texture >> Texturizer
Same settings as in Step 4

Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow
Same settings as in Step 6
Repeat Drop Shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical Offsets to minus 2 (-2)

STEP 11

In the Materials Palette load D_gold_fold.jpg into the background
Make the Foreground null
Select the Text Tool



Type A Touch Of Red in the dialogue box
Pull out to fit the black strip

progress shot

Objects >> Align >> Horz. Center in Canvas

Layers >> Duplicate
Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)

STEP 12

Image >> Add border

border settings

STEP 13

Image >> Add border

border setting

Select border with the Magic Wand Tool

Magic Wand setting

Flood fill selected border with Red #C11D14
Effects >> 3D Effects >> Inner Bevel

inner bevel

Selections >> Select None

STEP 14

Add your name and/or watermark
Resize if desired and save as a jpg


I hope you enjoyed this tutorial

Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten)

Add your name and/or watermark
Resize if desired
Save as a jpg


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Thank you Sophie, Evanescence Graphisme (France)





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